erection

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The act of erecting.

n. Something erected; a construction.

n. Physiology The firm and enlarged condition of a body organ or part when the erectile tissue surrounding it becomes filled with blood, especially such a condition of the penis or clitoris.

n. Physiology The process of filling with blood.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act of building or putting up or together of something; construction.

n. Anything erected or built.

n. The physiological process by which a penis becomes erect by being engorged with blood.

n. A penis or clitoris that has become rigid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.

n. The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.

n. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

n. Anything erected; a building of any kind.

n. The state of a body part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue; -- used especially of the penis.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of erecting, or setting upright; a raising or lifting up; a stiffening or bristling up: as, the erection of a flagstaff or of a building; the erection of drooping leaves or of a crest of feathers.

n. The state of being erect.

n. The act of building or constructing: as, the erection of a church.

n. That which is erected, especially a building or structure of any kind: as, there are many ancient erections of unknown use.

n. The act of establishing or founding; establishment; settlement; formation; institution: as, the erection of a commonwealth; the erection of a bishopric or of an earldom.

n. The act of raising from a lower position or condition to a higher; elevation: as, the erection of a church into a cathedral.

n. Elevation or exaltation of sentiments.

n. The act of rousing; excitation.

n. In physiology, turgidity and rigidity of a part into which erectile tissue enters: specifically said chiefly of the penis and clitoris.

n. In astrology, the construction of a scheme or figure of the heavens.

"The gallows stood in a small yard, separate from the main grounds of the prison, and overgrown with tall prickly weeds. It was a brick erection like three sides of a shed, with planking on top, and above that two beams and a crossbar with the rope dangling."